]]>By: rsmeanshttp://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/who-wins-tonights-bcs-championship/comment-page-3/#comment-121348
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:29:12 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-121348Well now that it is over you would think that the media, AP voters, Harris voters and Coaches who vote would learn a big lesson–being undefeated against a weak schedule means nothing. Losing two games in the SEC can still make you the best team in the country.

But ND is on the right track. Kelly and his staff are coping the SEC model and eventually it will pay off. That will take 3-4 years minimum but one day the Irish will again be a power to reckon with. But the media has not learned. They are picking teams like Ohio State in the top 5 for this year and last year when they had the softest schedule in the CFA. They are picking TAM 5th when they would beat anyone other than perhaps Alabama by a wide margin. They are putting Oregon in the top 5 when it has been proven time and again that Oregon cannot compete against elite SEC teams.

In looking at 2013 the safest bet is to pick an SEC team first. As long as Saban is at Alabama they are likely to remain the cream of the crop. Ohio State or Oregon are not top 10 teams but I suppose history will have to repeat itself a 100 times before the media notes this.

ND is not going to the ACC for football. They will be ACC for everything else just not football. They did however finagle another ND deal that allows them to play the ACC champ in the Orange Bowl every year they are eligible.

Since they will be continuing their weak schedule traditions by adding 5 games against ACC opponents, becoming eligible shouldn’t be a problem.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:38:40 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-121084A lot has to do with the fact that SEC teams play each other in the toughest conference in the country, and that prepares them for big games most of the time. Alabama just proved the point, and Notre dame, just proved how really messed up this BCS rating system is.
If there were going to be a really legitimate play off season, of at least 8 teams, the cream would still rise to the top, even though it should be easier now, to keep SEC teams out of the mix.
The SEC is just enjoying our rise to the top, and the superiority of the conference, much like the big 10, and what used to be the SW conference enjoyed in their era of superiority. The SEC will be in the thick of things for the foreseeable, so there will be plenty of chances for a repeat in the future, but right now, the SEC is just superior to the rest of the football conferences out there. Alabama is far superior to teams like Notre Dame, because they have a great coach, and play in a great, tough conference. Just think of how much this further helped their recruiting for the coming years.
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:02:59 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-121064This ND team should have lost 5 games. The fans would have been calling for his job after 3 years!The media believed the own hype and actually some on this site even picked the Irish, Do you watch the games at all? Many holes in the Irish offense and defense
]]>By: woebegonghttp://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/who-wins-tonights-bcs-championship/comment-page-3/#comment-121060
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:50:30 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-121060Now, truth be told, and if someone did an honest evaluation, Notre Dame, had it been a member of the SEC, would be about the 5th best team in the conference. Alabama, UGA, S.C., and Texas A&M would have beaten them on the field. Notre Dame is scheduled to go to the ACC for football in 2014, so that should assure them of a Orange Bowl game, each year, as they will be superior to the teams in that conference almost every year. People can say all they want about the SEC, but they play a tough schedule every year, because they play each other, so they are prepared for the big game, and as Alabama proved, they know how to win it. All things are cyclical in college football, or so the pundits say, but I don’t think the SEC is near the top of it’s continued dominance of college football yet. Maybe this 4 team playoff system will do what other college teams can’t do, and that is keep the SEC out of the big games somehow.
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:45:13 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-121008@irishtn if only u had picked the right team.lmao
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:22:43 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120988holy moses@ irishtn u predicted the score right on!!!! hope u placed sum bets.
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:43:11 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120982How funny is it Irishtn had it backwards, probably climbed back under the rock that he came from sense of entitlement DEFLATED!!! Hahaha, how does it feel to get beat by the “cousins”? Sucks don’t it? All of you bigots with your negative stereotypes can take them and stick them where the sun don’t shine. REVENGE IS SO DAMN SWEET!!!

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:59:23 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-1208368to80. That nd goal line defense must be still on the bus.
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:57:17 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120831My prediction is looking pretty good right now.
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:53:30 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120828Roll Tide!!! Nice predictions fellas🙂
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:47:44 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120822When you have a program thats proven in a dominate league and an unproven team that was lucky all season long this is the outcome. Out matched and shouldnt be here. For all that are crying about the refs, LSU had crappy calls all game. No sour grapes here. Its part of football. Get over it
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:41:42 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120817I can just hear Harvey Updyke now….Roll damn tide
]]>By: melikefootballhttp://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/who-wins-tonights-bcs-championship/comment-page-2/#comment-120785
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:14:36 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120785Shows you what these experts know when they picked ND and have all the scores so close. Then you have to hear Herby tell us that ND is a big under dog. How can any team be ranked #1 and then THEY are an under dog. Shows you how under rated this rankins system is.
]]>By: woebegonghttp://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/who-wins-tonights-bcs-championship/comment-page-2/#comment-120777
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:08:10 +0000http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=204329#comment-120777Well Ben, now I know why they say fans and writers watch and players play the game. Notre dame better find a way to get something going in the second half or this could be a complete embarrassment for Notre Dame.
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